[Intestinal obstruction due to a trichobezoar or Rapunzel syndrome: report of one case].
Rapunzel syndrome or gastrointestinal trichobezoar is caused by hair ingestion. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with important weight loss, who deny hair eating. We report a 16 year-old female consulting in the emergency room for abdominal pain. She was subjected to an exploratory laparotomy and a big mass was palpated in the stomach. A gastrostomy and enterostomy were performed and a 17 x 6 x 5 cm trichobezoar was extracted. The patient had an uneventful postoperative outcome and was derived to Psychiatry.
Anzieta V
Juan
J
Instituto de Cirugía, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. janzieta@telsur.cl
Felmer E
Orlando
O
Gabrielli N
Mauricio
M
Venturelli M
Francisco
F
Sánchez C
Gonzalo
G
Torrijos C
Carmen
C
D000293:Adolescent; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications